Emergency call heard star was not breathing

POP legend Michael Jackson was unconscious, unresponsive and not breathing when an emergency call was made from his home two hours before he was pronounced dead at 2.26pm in an Los Angeles medical centre on Thursday.

According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, Jackson, who was due to play 50 farewell concerts in London this summer, suffered a cardiac arrest.

It was an inconsequential ending to a exceptional life that was marred by both success and shame in equally extreme measures.